Trump Jr. retweeted one Harlan Z. Hill's postthat read, "Events like today are EXACTLY why we took issue with NY elites glorifying the assassination of our President." "This," the younger Trump wrote in his retweet of the post by Hill, who is a contributor to Fox News and CNN.

According to members of Congress, the attacker carried a semiautomatic weapon. Officials said that the shooting was a "deliberate attack" but was likely not an incident of international terrorism.

"Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, a true friend and patriot, was badly injured but will fully recover," President Donald Trump tweeted shortly after the incident. "Our thoughts and prayers are with him."

Trump the Younger's "This" tweet from Wednesday morning isn't the first time he's commented on the Julius Caesar production being currently staged by New York's Public Theater. On Sunday, he tweeted that he wasn't sure about the boundary between artistic expression and political speech: "I wonder how much of this 'art' is funded by taxpayers? Serious question, when does 'art' become political speech & does that change things?"

This staging of the play, which has garnered much negative criticism, also features Caesar's wife Calpurnia speaking with a Slavic accent much like First Lady Melania Trump's. Both Delta Airlines and Bank of America have withdrawn their sponsorship of the Public Theater in the fallout.

"No matter what your political stance may be, the graphic staging of Julius Caesar at this summer's free Shakespeare in the Park does not reflect Delta Air Lines' values," Delta said in a statement on Sunday night.